Example sentences of "[adv] wish [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 2 | I only wish we had one in County Durham providing high standards of education . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 4 | I enjoyed the whole of the Chuck Berry interview — I only wish we 'd had longer . |
| 5 | Internal finishing is laudably neat and clean , all sanded smooth and completely glue-free , and I only wish they 'd finished it off by putting the label on straight ! |
| 6 | I only wish I 'd known before that he was so ill . |
| 7 | I only wish I 'd never accepted his ring … |
| 8 | ‘ I only wish I knew who it was who gave it to her , because this person could have destroyed her career . ’ |
| 9 | I only wish I had the power of putting down my thoughts in clear and sensible language . |
| 10 | They were all very heartened that someone was at last taking an interest : I only wish I had had a tape recorder ! |
| 11 | In retrospect I can see that this implication can be drawn from the envelope , and I only wish I had realised it at the time . |
| 12 | I only wish I had half your grey matter . ’ |
| 13 | I only wish I had the courage to do the same as her . |
| 14 | And Turner jokes : ‘ I only wish I had Terry Venables ’ cash and then I 'd buy it . ’ |
| 15 | I only wish I had time to stay and talk , but I 've got some paperwork to get through right now . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I only wish I had some anecdotes of my own to compete with yours . ’ |
| 17 | I only wish I had that opportunity when I was his age . ’ |
| 18 | I am so very very glad to have had that opportunity to help both Brian and SUSIE when they stayed that month with me — and only wish I saw more of her . |
| 19 | ‘ I do not know where my wife is , I only wish I did , ’ Carter was replying to the constable 's question . |
| 20 | ‘ I only wish I did . |
| 21 | In addition to these , blend dare has also been found with the bare infinitive in a number of other categorizable contexts , all of which can also be shown to be somehow non-assertive : ( 59 ) I only wish I dared write to him . |
| 22 | I only wish you 'd told me this earlier . |
| 23 | ‘ Now I only wish you to place your finest Astropath at my service . ’ |
| 24 | I only wish there had been more like him in my life . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The simplest thing would be for you to write to STG and say you no longer wish them to represent you . |
| 26 | ‘ I just wish we had a money tree and we could shake it and produce money to save the Naze . ’ |
| 27 | I just wish they spied out something more entertaining than water and doctors . |
| 28 | I just wish they had n't boarded up the windows . |
| 29 | I just wish he had n't felt a pressing need to turn himself into some sort of Hollywood-director clone for this production . |
| 30 | I just wish I 'd had more respect for my body when I was younger . |